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1,914 species have research-grade observations in Côte d’Ivoire on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you can learn a country's wildlife from home.

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Most recorded here

The species with the most research-grade observations on iNaturalist, and how many each has. Most recorded doesn't mean native.

Birds

  1. Western Cattle-Egret Ardea ibis62
  2. Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis61
  3. Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus55
  4. West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus52
  5. Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator45
  6. Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis45
  7. Pied Crow Corvus albus43
  8. Black Kite Milvus migrans41
  9. Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis40
  10. Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata40

Plants

  1. Sensitive Plant Mimosa pudica14
  2. Bloodlily Scadoxus multiflorus14
  3. Heisteria parvifolia13
  4. Common water hyacinth Pontederia crassipes12
  5. Madagascar Periwinkle Catharanthus roseus11
  6. Eulophia cristata10
  7. Kapok Tree Ceiba pentandra9
  8. Papaya Carica papaya9
  9. Ground Pineapple Thonningia sanguinea9
  10. Gbehutu Cochlospermum planchonii9

Mammals

  1. Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes40
  2. Smoky Mangabey Cercocebus atys38
  3. Northern Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus34
  4. Lowe's Monkey Cercopithecus lowei31
  5. Western Red Colobus Piliocolobus badius31
  6. Campbell's Monkey Cercopithecus campbelli29
  7. Diana Monkey Cercopithecus diana29
  8. Straw-coloured Fruit Bat Eidolon helvum26
  9. Red River Hog Potamochoerus porcus24
  10. Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey Cercopithecus petaurista24

Insects

  1. African Weaver Ant Oecophylla longinoda87
  2. Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus44
  3. Variegated grasshopper Zonocerus variegatus42
  4. Lucia Widow Palpopleura lucia37
  5. African stink ant Paltothyreus tarsatus36
  6. Forest Glade Nymph Aterica galene31
  7. Blue-spot Pansy Junonia oenone29
  8. Variable Diadem Hypolimnas anthedon26
  9. Soldier Commodore Junonia terea26
  10. African Giant Skipper Coeliades iphis25

Spiders and kin

  1. Common Emperor Scorpion Pandinus imperator36
  2. Gasteracantha curvispina22
  3. Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider Trichonephila fenestrata20
  4. Featherleg Baboon Spider Stromatopelma calceatum16
  5. Argiope flavipalpis14
  6. Nephila constricta12
  7. Blackspot Vlei Spider Leucauge medjensis7
  8. Alligatorback Scorpion Hottentotta hottentotta5

Reptiles

  1. Peters's Rock Agama Agama picticauda87
  2. Senegal Mabuya Trachylepis affinis46
  3. Green Bush Viper Atheris chlorechis34
  4. West African Crocodile Crocodylus suchus23
  5. Banded Leaf-toed Gecko Hemidactylus fasciatus22
  6. West African slender-snouted crocodile Mecistops cataphractus20
  7. Spotted Night Adder Causus maculatus18
  8. Dwarf Crocodile Osteolaemus tetraspis14
  9. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus13
  10. African Brown Water Snake Afronatrix anoscopus12

Amphibians

  1. Lesser White-Lipped Frog Hylarana parva24
  2. Egyptian Toad Sclerophrys regularis15
  3. Brown Banana Frog Afrixalus dorsalis14
  4. Dotted Reed Frog Hyperolius guttulatus12
  5. Snouted Grassland Frog Ptychadena longirostris12
  6. Crowned bullfrog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis12
  7. Togo Toad Sclerophrys togoensis12
  8. Ghostly Tree Frog Leptopelis spiritusnoctis11
  9. Coast River Frog Phrynobatrachus plicatus10
  10. Morere's Blue-eyed Frog Morerella cyanophthalma10

Fish

  1. Atlantic Mudskipper Periophthalmus barbarus25
  2. Banded Jewelfish Hemichromis fasciatus13
  3. True big-scale tetra Brycinus macrolepidotus12
  4. Long-fin Tetra Bryconalestes longipinnis11
  5. Heterobranchus isopterus9
  6. Günther's Mouthbrooder Chromidotilapia guntheri8
  7. Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus8
  8. Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus7
  9. Schilbe mandibularis6
  10. Reticulated Knifefish Papyrocranus afer5

How a trip works

A trip has its own trail of lessons: meet six species, match them to new photos, then practice with four choices. Species you learn go into your Fieldbook, and starting a trip earns its Passport stamp. Your home place stays as it is.

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Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.